CoTJ II: The Last Stand Act I Part V
#6 of Chronicles of the Justicar II: The LAst Stand
[VALOR Flag Ship: Dorian Grey, Residential Room 68-A, Year 3,568 AD, November 24th, 9:50 AM]
Arjun Fiaz laid comfortably on his side, with his head resting against a very soft fluffed white pillow. He had just finished the freeze dried meal he was given when the captain issued him this room but he was still starving which was matched only by his tiredness. His jump suit he wore under the Justicar power armour was soaked in his own sweat and the pungent smell of it only contributed to the disgustingness of his attire as it also ruined the once clean bed sheets. Arjun couldn't remember the last time he had a shower or even went to the washroom he was so dead tired nothing else mattered but getting some sleep.
His eyes were incredibly heavy as they felt like they closed on their own without his will. The muffled sound of the ship's AI, chattering of VALOR crew members and the opening and closing of doors both near and far did not stop him from finally getting some rest.
When his eyes closed he found himself dream state warped version of the room he was in. Everything seemed out of focus and blurry like a badly took shot from an old camera. He moved his hands under his pillow to support his head and pinched himself to see if he awake, which he was. Arjun assumed his lack of sleep is what made the room look like what it does now but that didn't count for the cloaked figure that stood at the end of his bed.
"Human, you are needed."
"Like hell I am, needed for bed." Arjun said trying to go back to sleep not caring who the hell was the person. The ghost like entity now appeared in front of him, the place where its face should have been under the hood was nothing but an opaque shadow that starred at the resting human. With a condescending sigh he placed his long sleeve over him and waved his arm above Arjun's body to revitalize him of strength.
"Human, you are needed." The seer repeated
Arjun sat up on the bed to come face to face with a hooded and robed figure, none of his body parts were showing through the clothes, his attire made him too look like a monk or druid from ancient human history. He recognized the same being as the one who helped him defeat Pandemonium's avatar by giving him the power necessary to strike it down.
"So you're the seer? Eh?" Arjun asked.
"Correct." The voice of the sage echoed within his clothes.
"So what do you need me for now?"
"There is much work to be done if we are to stop Void God Pandemonium once and for all."
"What do you mean?" he asked now wide awake
"During the final moments of his short grasp on this realm the Void God showed you his power, the army he had at his beck and call."
Arjun remembered what he saw. There was simply no number in the human vocabulary to describe such numbers just...infinite. "You have a plan to stop him?"
"I do. But as we speak Pandemonium's minions led by a powerful monster named Vurdamis have located my haven and are trying to locate me. I need you and the young valgary to get here immediately."
Arjun waved his hand around on the seer to find it was just a projection of some magical properties. "Can't you just teleport us over to you?" he asked as he continued to sway his arm back and forth.
"My powers are still weak from the fight against Lord Khaos so long ago, and if I did Vurdamis would be able to find my location that much faster."
"Do I "have" to get scale face? I mean come on I am-"
"This is not open to discussion human. If you value your species and your life you will come to these coordinates, I have placed them inside your armour. Make haste."
The seer disappeared into thin air leaving Arjun no clue how he was going to get this VALOR cruiser to turn around for his quest.
"Son of a...!"
[Planet Drakos: Azerigan's cave: Year 3,568 AD, November 24th, 12:02 PM]
Azerigan had his backside against a large smooth rock that supported him as he could sit up while also being able to lean backwards as well. His mate, Talsora, laid on top of him off to the side a bit. Both of his arms were wrapped around her chest to keep her from falling off of him, her wings were pinned under her back and against her lover's chest.
"Marizgan just got accepted into the mage academy today, he's a hard worker. Just like his father." Talsora smiled as she put her head against his long neck and looked up at him. Azerigan looked down at her with a smile of his own; he had to take the time to appreciate the small things in life that made it so great, his mate, his children and the highest honour of being the advisor and first mate to their Queen.
"Only because he has his mother's determination." He complimented back
Talsora licked the bottom jaw of Azerigan with her long tongue to taste his sweat; from that she could tell he wanted to be inside her; he had her in his favourite position as Azerigan liked to look at her in the eyes when they made love she found it to be very sweet which she knew him to be instead of the stoic warrior or paranoid stalker most people made him out to be but as he held her she saw him as the young romantic drake who captured her heart when they first met. She had to admit she liked being held this way; the feeling of safety and security made her feel all that much open to him, the soothing expansion and deflation of his chest as he breathed in and out was like the currents of the sea, she yawned causing a little burst of fire to warm the underside of Azerigan's jaw.
"You know..." Azerigan said his eyes' connecting with Talsora's who was looking up at him. "The young ones won't be home until some time." The most playful of grins had taken hold of his maw.
"But don't you have a breeding session with our Queen tonight? I'm sure she wouldn't like it if her consort was worn out already..." she didn't like the idea of going behind her Queen's back and satisfy herself with the now excited male, but her own strong feelings of wanting Azerigan for herself outweighed the respect she had for their leader. Both she and Azerigan could get in a lot of trouble if they took it farther but she was jealous of her majesty as it wasn't fair that whenever her mate was sexually aroused she got to take full advantage of his mating prowess leaving her twisting in the wind to pleasure herself on her own or have Azerigan go by other means to fill her hunger.
"It is not known if she is pregnant or not so she may not need me for anther session, but I'm willing to take the chance...if you are?" he continued to smile more.
She sighed and shook her head. "We shouldn't my love. We knew that when you were chosen we would both have to make sacrifices for our kind." Talsora was disappointed she knew Azerigan wasn't the most disciplined of prime consorts that came before him which means she had to keep him focused on his work. "You have to maintain your professionalism...we jus ca-"said Talsora before something began prodding against her pleasure area. She tiled her long neck down to see her mate's long thick red penis was fully erected which seem to wait anxiously to go inside her.
Talsora looked back up at Azerigan whose playful smile now was a seductive grin as he knew what he was doing was wrong. She placed her right arm around his neck to force his head closer to that of her own; they rubbed their elongated heads together causing the friction from their scales to warm each other's faces. Both Azerigan and Talsora opened their eyes at the same time to see one anther starring back at them; the two knew what they wanted from their partner and were going to give them just that. They locked their mouths together, their long tongues intertwining with one anther playfully wrestling each other.
Azerigan unhooked his arms from his lover's chest, his right claw feeling her smooth green scales of her thigh, stroking them up and down. Talsora shifted her left eye too see her mate's massage, she cupped his chin with her claw and with her free hand she slowly moved his own claw towards the inside of her legs to arouse her further. As it would be selfish to leave her consort out of the pleasure she caressed the bottom of his erected manhood, feeling where flesh met his soft scales on his underbelly. Azerigan's eyes opened wide from excitement his tongue now hanging out of his mouth like a dog in the heat. Talsora pulls away from his mouth, a strand of saliva connecting the two loves with a wet bridge. Talsora began grinning at him as she knew this always got him to reach his fullest potential and he returned the favour by sliding one of his fingers inside her and began going deeper and deeper, her moans of ecstasy only encouraging him further. Soon one finger became two as Azerigan slowly helped loosen his partner before the main event.
Azerigan and Talsora looked at each other once more before putting their heads together to feel each other's warm faces before looking down at each other's crotch. The male consort withdrew his now wet claw from his mate hot juices dripped from in-between his sharp nails and fingers, the cold wind blowing in from the cave entrance gave his claw a tingling sensation from being both being hot and cold at the same time. Talsora released her own grip from around his well used shaft and wrapped her arm around his neck and held him tight, her chest now against his so she wouldn't slide off of his well kept body.
The battle scarred dragon shifted his whole body so he sat upright with Talsora's whole weight now on his pelvis. She gave short sporadic breaths feeling Azerigan's whole manhood inside her; even though his body was smaller than that of the Queen Matriarch it did not stop him from satisfying her which left Talsora with more than enough to be satisfied as Azerigan was bigger than she was.
"Azer...Azerigan..."she panted from moving her body up and down, feeling every part of his cock with every movement inside of her.
Her mate answered her with a long passionate kiss, his head tilted downwards to meet hers as she looked up. Azerigan placed his claws around her waist while she swung her other arm around his long neck. With his strength he helped his consort lift her body up and down her wings now fully spread out along with her tail pointing to the ceiling as well. He could feel heat build inside his penis along with the aftermath that was sure to come, his smile extended across his entire maw from watching his mate enjoying the ride. As his thrusts became more and more rabid and deep his thick tail intertwined with his mate's more slender appendage helping the couple become one that much more. Her arms moved from Azerigan's neck to his strong shoulders doing her best to stay in one place from his constant movement, she arced her spine pushing her backside out more to help time her own body movements to match her mate's thrusts.
Azerigan's jaws opened wide spouting a small ball of fire into the cave ceiling as he continued feeling the heat and pressure build and build, his tail getting tighter around Talsora's already stiff tail that now had her legs pinning his own together right under him. Harder and harder, faster and faster Azerigan continued to smack scales against his partner adding to the noise from their excessive roaring. He was mere moments from climaxing as his cock swelled ready to explode at any moment to fill his mate.
"Azerigan!" She cried out, her body became tense, her muscles locked until she shivered creating a sticky mess over her consort's crotch and legs. The male dragon bit down on her neck gently, his tongue wetting her soft under scales as he to join her in orgasm. He regained his normal breathing, his chest now rocking his tired love who laid on him like a bed.
He nuzzled his head against hers to keep her awake; she yawned and closed her eyes trying to fall asleep against his chest who continued to bother her affectionately.
"What is it?" She said with a laugh and a smile
"Nothing..." Azerigan placed his wet claw around her chin and tilted her head up so she looked at him once more. "I'm just so lucky to have you as my consort."
She closed her eyes again feeling his soothing heartbeat against her cheek. She was about to go to sleep when something woke her up that wasn't Azerigan.
"All citizens of the magnificent Draconian Kingdom are to gather at central garden for her Queen majesty, I say again all subjects of her royal majesty must gather at the central garden for a call to arms!" yelled one of the town criers as he flew past the cave entrance.
This woke Talsora completely as her mate was needed more and a lot sooner than he let on. She immediately pushed away from him who still sat against the polished rock not making any effort to get cleaned up and ready to go.
"What are you doing, we have to go!" ordered Talsora as she frantically searched the ground for her possessions immediately regretting her decision of love making.
"We have plenty of time, sit with me some more..." cooed Azerigan as he pulled gently at her arm.
She shook his grasp free to use both of her claws to place large golden metal hoops over her horns, she walked upright continuing adding her jewellery to her body while making her way to the edge of their cave but Azerigan had stopped her by playfully tugging at her tail with his maw his horny grin still across his face.
"We can't be late, you can't be late!" she felt like her heart dropped in her stomach thinking of all the consequences her Queen would lay on her for giving in to her selfishness. "You should have told me you had to be at the Queen's side for this, you are always needed before an announcement, dammit Azerigan!" She whipped her tail from his jaws smacking him across the face with the tip of her tail.
"I just wanted to be with you for a while..." Azerigan sulked.
Talsora turned around and kneeled beside her consort putting on the last of her jewellery in the processes. "Azerigan, I love you and you know that. But as Prime Consort it requires a great deal of commitment and sacrifice, for both us." She comforted before helping the larger dragon to his feet.
Azerigan placed his claws on her shoulders and held her tight to his body. She knew this was him just trying to squeeze out has many seconds of time together as he could but she accepted his short hug as she too missed the early years of their union.
[VALOR High Command: Presidential Quarters: Year 3,568 AD, November 24th, 12:49 AM]
President Scott wore his fashionable attire; his golden buttons went up the fight side of his dry pressed uniform, make-up covering any blemishes on his face to make him all that much better to look at. The young leader sat at his desk, a camera drone hovering in front of his face with its lenses zooming in and out for the best view. He folded his hands together while looking at the white skinned staff member who began mouthing and using his hand to count down the last few seconds before the camera drone would began recording for all military personal who were watching their televisions. The bulb on top of the camera drone became a bright red and the staff worker let the teleprompter read off what the president should read to the masses that were already in motion of getting ready for the long war ahead.
"For some of you this is your ten tour of duty. You have been promised to be sent back home to your families and I have denied you repeatedly for more and more assignments. We are no strangers to war; we have fought so many wars in the past from when VALOR was first formed against the growing terrorist and separatist threats, to the first contact war. You are all the greatest defenders of humanity; you have defeated the Forces of Lord Khaos along with their god's monstrosities. Now I, your families, Earth and her colonies, and what VALOR stands for asks you to fight once more. "
VALOR troops across the worlds held by the massive inter-galactic empire were loading ordnance into star ships. Tanks, walkers and infantry walked up huge massive ramps into the colossal flag ships with large numbers of dock workers and crew members making sure everything went smoothly inside the large hanger bays.
"We are low on resources and good men and women like the people before me, if we continue down this road; VALOR will be destroyed leaving the universe free to tyrants and oppressors. This leaves us with one option, war."
Marines in the armoires in the hundreds of military bases across the stars placed the blue and white armour plates over their black jumpsuits. Rows of the same looking soldiers walked past walls filled with their powerful assault rifles jetting out from the containers ready to be picked up. Every single marine drew a weapon before entering the room ahead where they joined their brothers in arms abroad the still docked carriers.
"This enemy has sent us a clear message. They hate us for our democracy; they despise us for our technology and are jealous of us as a people! And we will send them one of our own. With the courage of you fearless soldiers and the strength of the Vanquisher we will defeat and disassemble the Draconian Kingdom one victory at a time!"
[Planet Drakos: Caer Sidi: Central Garden: Year 3,568 AD, November 24th, 1:49 AM]
Queen Matriarch Natyria sat valiantly on the tallest turret of her mighty castle. She watched silently with her people amassing inside the castle courtyard for her important announcement. She grew increasingly impatient waiting for her consort to join her like he should have done hours before hand to brief him on what was going on, to help kill time waiting for her tardy mate and the people to gather she opened a small portal with a wave of her front right claw.
Lord Vurdamis was on the other side with his back to the gateway, he pointed at a legion to start bringing down the massive temple door with its awesome strength. The ice covered monster turned around as one of his blade dancer minion's pointed to the portal behind him.
"Ah..." Vurdamis spoke; a chilling breeze blew from his opened mouth sending shivers down the Queen's spine. "How may I be of service to you, your majesty?"
"How do your efforts fair against the Seer's domain?" She asked
"The coward hides behind his walls; he will be dead before sundown. Once he is defeated our master will be able to return to this plane and give you what you deserve." Vurdamis answered with a grin
Azerigan and Talsora inelegantly landed beside their leader and panted exhaustedly from flying from their cave so fast. Natyria could easily smell their mixed scents upon their bodies from mating not too long ago, her already thinning patience with her prime consort now was almost at the breaking point as he blew off the important meeting to waste himself upon Talsora, she would have to deal with the two for their in subornation at a later time.
"So good of you could join us Talsora." Vurdamis nodded at the well groomed dragon that waved back then turned his cold stare to Azerigan. "And you too Azerigan."
"Vurdamis." He growled.
"Such hostilities, I am summoned and this is how your prime consort treats me Natyria?"
"No he shouldn't." The Queen matriarch said sharply towards the smaller dragon
"Have you heard word from the emissary yet?" Vurdamis asked who seemed more interested than he let on.
"Yes in fact, this is why I am called this meeting for a campaign against this 'VALOR' kingdom. The ambassador told me how the humans killed his guards and how he escaped seconds before death. Those humans are savages."
"Indeed." Vurdamis agreed.
Azerigan tilted his head and watched Vurdamis' left shoulder guard crack a grin before going back to its ruthless cutthroat smile that matched his helmet. The ice demon was clearly hiding something, he tried to get Talsora to look at his skull shaped armour pad but she shrugged him off of his paranoia.
Vurdamis flinched as the Legion behind him smashed down the final temple doors after many swings with its huge fists. "And that means I have to leave you, your majesty. I wish you luck in your campaign." His cold eyes looked at Azerigan. "And any other domestic problems in the future along the way."
Azerigan growled at the remark causing the Queen to backhand her consort leaving a scarring mark from her claw that drew blood. He whimpered in pain while putting his head low to the ground in submission to the Queen, Talsora looked with fear at the matriarch who starred back at her with utter digest in her eyes.
"I'll deal with you later; now join the others down there." She ordered
Azerigan rose to sit up straight to see Talsora fly down to join the finally amassed crowd who all witness the act of public humiliation that he received in plain sight and he see his mate shy her view from the whispers among the guards and comments from other dragoness that held her same level in society. He knew that even with the punishment from the Queen it was ultimately Talsora that felt the weight of the shame and shunning. It was his paranoia and immaturity that caused her so much grief as she spent more time in the public than he did so she felt the full brunt of the snickers and rumours passed around by her peers and he hated himself for it but with all his heart he knew Vurdamis was no ally and was willing to risk it all to see the truth. Queen Natyria turned to her subjects with Azerigan now sitting beside her obediently like he should have been.
"My children, for countless years we were slaves to an empire that prided its self upon their technology, they enslaved, and experimented on us like animals we were nothing but cheap labour for their slowly diminishing population to help maintain their evil control upon the stars. Until our great ally from behind this realm saved us, they destroyed our captors allowing our great people to forge our own destiny!" She flew from the tower and landed on a large stone platform that jetted from the courtyard wall so she was a bit closer to the mix of townsfolk and guardsmen. "Lord Vurdamis of the Infinite, the Void God's most powerful servant has located the Seer's domain; the reclusive hermit was responsible for the death of Lord Khaos and the empowerment of several creatures that work in his name while he rests in the shadows."
She motioned with her head for Azerigan to sit beside her on the stage which he did immediately wrest not to anger her further. "The infinite have done their part to help us grow; now it is up to us to maintain our kingdom! If we are to continue to see our hatchlings grow then we must rally against this new enemy. They too pride them selves in technology, using drugs and even machinery to enhance their already weak and fragile bodies; these mutated creatures are fuelled by war using the resources they take to lengthen their grip among the stars. These creatures must be defeated or wiped out if necessary for the safety and security of the Draconian Kingdom. My children we are at war today, it is not easy to send you all to fight for your kingdom but we all know of sacrifice. All able draconians both male and female that have reached maturity status must serve in the Royal Guard effective immediately."
Azerigan turned his head to the much older dragon with his head down and spoke softly. "My Queen, what will be our first move against the humans?"
"If you had done what you were told to do, you would know." She whispered back with the sharpness of her words still going through her teeth.
"I am sorry my Queen I-I just need to be with Talsora for just a mom-
"Azerigan need I not remind you; you are Prime Consort first and father second. I chose you and I can easily choose anther mate if you find this prestigious position too difficult for you to handle if you continue to waste yourself on that mutt of a dragon.
"I do not, my Queen."
"Good. Now get ready for battle, you will go with the first attack."
[Planet: Generra. City of Albviar, city streets: Year 3,568 AD, November 24th, 2:20 AM]
VALOR drop ships landed around the city district to drop off more soldiers and armoured supports while bringing innocent families on bored for the return trip to the flag ships in orbit. Entire fully armed and battle ready regiments of marines moved in huge formations around the city setting up gun emplacements, fortifications, along with small dish like towers that was thought to disrupt the teleporting magic of the draconians so they would have to land where VALOR would want them too.
A tank commander peered from the open hatch on his large twin barrelled armoured vehicle, his helmet scanning for hostiles but all it picked up where the green outlines of fellow humans along with the odd Red Claw Clan mercenary on a roof top, the raptor like beings were keen with scouting and stealth based missions which VALOR used to their fullest.
Large rail gun emplacements on the ground scanned the skies, their advance targeting systems itching to target and hostile target thousands of meters away with VALOR's own air force awaiting orders as they parked in mass inside hanger bays both on the planet's surface and the capital ships in space.
"Ok men, the scaly bastards will be on us in seconds." The human lieutenant stated as he marched past several gun batteries with their crews saluting the officer as he passed by them. "I want clear fields of fire that means I want snipers on rooftops, rocket groups with the rail batteries, and from what the 'R' double 'C' as told us they will be coming in standard formation, lizard men on the ground, little drakes in the air followed by the bigger nastier ones in the back. I want the target locaters to only be used on the larger ones! Lord knows that will be the only thing to punch through those shields! Otherwise the navy will be on us like white on rice for taking all the glory!"
"Hoorah!" yelled several marines.
He watched his men he served with over countless victories in the wars before, they were experienced, battle hardened and most of all willing to die to protect what VALOR stood for; peace, democracy and freedom. Several soldiers at his command where part of the Experimental Vital Operations, or EVO for short. They wore a much more advance power armour than the standard SPBA that most marines used. Instead theirs had a much larger power back carrying not one but two cylindrical generators for the enormous energy out put for their suit, the personal energy shield and the glowing and incredibly hot plasma rifle they held with both hands.
The lieutenant saluted to the squad of EVO troopers but they waved backed casually as they did technically out ranked him and found no need for formality. "My regiment will not go down in human history as the ones who lost this city to a bunch of Godzilla rejects who haven't even left the medieval age! This city produces the tanks and much needed weaponry we need for the war effort and we will hold am I right marines!?" he yelled.
The communication channels exploded in cheers and howls. "Mhm, damn right I am! Now let-"
The sky exploded.
Rail gun batteries unloaded their ammunition as hundreds of draconian dragons darkened the skies of the industrial city, coming through huge blue portals that opened in the skies and inside the city itself even where VALOR had set up the jamming dishes making most of the VALOR fortifications useless. The city streets quickly engulfed in full out warfare with marine fire teams trading casualty for casualty with the draconian mages whose own powerful magic proved more than effective at destroying a VALOR soldier.
A marine was knocked to the ground; a draconian knight slammed his huge tower shield into the chest of the human. The knight wore full plate armour that covered every inch of his muscular body even his tail was covered in the royal colors of red and yellow along with a metal ball spike attached to the end of it. The high status lizard warrior drove his well crafted sword into the chest of the marine breaking straight through the power armour and into his heart killing him instantly. A marine from behind charged the large imposing alien firing his assault rifle wildly, the rail rounds deflecting harmlessly off of the knight's runic barrier until he was smacked aside like a rag doll from the deadly ball spike into a wall for anther kill for the knight.
The knight did not hear the whirling noise of an EVO marine's plasma rifle charging up. A super heated projectile launched from the bulky armoured marine's weapon at the royal knight who tore into anther marine with a clean swipe of his blade. The blast washed over the knight with intense heat as his runic shields flickered and flashed before taking too much damage and shutting down. The plasma rifle shook and rumbled as it built energy for anther attack as the knight charged to strike the marine down, but as it was only a few steps from sending the human to the ground the marine's weapon fired once more. The lizard man knight withered in agony as not only his armour but he as well melted away from the super heated energy shot. The marine watched the knight become nothing more that a pool of a mixture of metal and organic liquids in a span of a few seconds.
Larger dragons started to exit the portals in the sky; they flew over the VALOR defence guns and burned as many as they could on a single fly by with their breath of fire to burn the defenders alive. A VALOR marine carrying a rocket launcher and his support raced up the stairs that circled around the building. They met an RCC sniper with her spotter laying low to the floor looking for a mage to take out.
The marine with the rocket launcher kneeled beside the raptor like creature; her pink body was protected by the blue and white armour plating that all VALOR troops wore. Her human spotter clicked a button on the side of his helmet to zoom in on a knight captain; his large flag banner on his back showing off his clan symbol clearly gave his position away.
"Second Street, left quadrant." Stated the marine as he highlighted the target with a dark red outline to help his sniper find him that much more easy.
The armour plated raptor placed her sniper's tripod on the ground, her bionic eye replacement found the target, who continued to issue orders to his knights who were engaged with a VALOR fire team who took cover behind a flipped over tank that was set on fire from previously being attacked by a dragon. The sniper took the shot. The high calibre round penetrated the strong shield of the squad leader and sent the insides of his head across the road, the rest of his squad looked in horror buying time for the marine squad to pull back from the wreckage to a building to tend to their wounded.
"Is it any better up here?" asked the rocket marine asked
The RCC sniper responded, her voice that compromised of screeches was translated by her armour into a monotone computer voice. "It's an utter mess, the streets are in a deadlock and the skies are a killing field for both sides."
The rocket marine looked up too see a VALOR gunship making a strafing run on several draconian squads that compromised of knights, mages and militia guardsmen, the powerful chain guns across the low flying plane's left side fired round after round into the enemy infantry ripping them into bloody ribbons applying a new red coat to the streets they walked on, until a fully matured dragon sunk its claws into the hull of the advance air to ground attack platform and sent it twirling down into the city streets causing it to explode on impact as its ammunition detonated from the fiery aftermath.
The pink skinned raptor turned to the rocket crew. "I'll try to ambush any draconians that try to come up from behind, you help out our own air friends."
The rocket launcher armed marine and his support nodded and began to set up as the spotter still laid on the ground looking for anther target to take out. The raptor reloaded her sniper rifle as she climbed down the stair well and stood up against the wall at the bottom. Just like she predicted a squad of draconian soldiers turned down the street staying close to a building wall to watch out from snipers that would pick them off, snipers like her. She didn't see where their squad leader was as all guardsmen were normally led by a knight but the raptor like creature guessed he or she must have been killed already. She held her breath and took careful aim looking down the scope of the human made weapon. The targeting chip in her left eye highlighted the closet guardsmen, the young lizard man warrior held his spear nervously looking around sporadically in the war torn city. With a slow squeeze on the trigger she struck down the leading draconian. The rest of the squad broke formation but before she had a chance to earn herself an even larger pay check a draconian knight managed to flank her, the heavily armoured reptile swung his blade at the mercenary missing by centimetres as she frantically ducked at the last moment causing the blade to take a chunk out of the brick wall. She tried to get away from the knight but tripped over a piece of debris from a destroyed building, before she could get up fully the knight spun around very fast to have his spike ball armoured tail slam into her side so her head hit the wall with such force her skull cracked leaving a bloody imprint on the wall, the knight then drove his blade through her throat to make sure the sniper was dead.
The spotter watched a very large dragon sat on top of the building next over, the massive beast held a VALOR drop ship in its right hand and a charred hover tank in the other. In a hateful roar the giant of a reptile launched a mighty fireball from its maw into the side of a building that housed several fire teams taking shots at the dragon.
"Command, this is Captain Miller I need an immediate strike on grid nineteen-fifteen, two hundred meters south of my position, over!!" ordered the spotter
The dragon emptied the live contents of the drop ship's crew into his mouth devouring the soldiers to satisfy his sick hunger. Draconian guards started to climb up the stairs where the small squad was, the rocket marine fired his payload straight into the group engulfing them in a fiery explosion leaving nothing left of the lizard men.
"I said I need an immediate strike on my target now, over!" yelled the captain again while the other two marines provided covering fire for the captain who used a hand held device to help paint a green laser on the enormous dragon with the targeting laser. "God dammit is anyone on this cha-
"Captain, this is Lieutenant Wayne. Satellite Armstrong is fully charged; brace yourself for the Super Velocity Cannon."
The dragon roared in triumph as nothing was able to punch through his runic barrier when the sky darkened above it in a red glow. The patriarch did not make anything of the sudden discoloration in the blue sky as a threat and continued parading its ego. A large thin red laser shot down from the heavens into the city streets then it started to make it way towards the beast, the satellite that was projecting the laser up in space began turning itself so the laser would go through its programmed target. The concrete streets were cut in two from the beam carving a fine cut all that was in its path, the laser shortly reached the dragon and went through him and the building he was standing on before the beam disappeared in thin air as the satellite went back to recharging.
"Thank you, that was a hit!" the spotter congratulated.
The dragon rubbed its body not sure what had happened until its body realized it was just cut down the middle with a precise laser. The beast fell apart into halves. His insides spilled onto the building showing the world what its species were made up of as the building too came apart and crashed into itself crushing the disembowelled dragon.
The spotter was suddenly flipped onto his back, a draconian knight held his blade to the marine's neck ready to sever the human's head from his shoulders when its shields flickered and flashed before disappearing, the knight fell over onto the captain who was startled when he saw a knife sticking out the back of the knight's skull. The Vanquisher took his weapon from the lizard men's helmet then looked around his own body for a little bit of space to add a carving to his armour to record the kill, he found a small unused patch around the base of his elbow and etched a smaller than normal notch there so he could add more future kills in the tiny space.
"Corporal, we are losing ground fast in the city. We'll need to act fast to pull this victory back together." Said the elderly general who appeared inside the trophy clad human's helmet two way video communications.
A draconian guardsman raised her spear into the air to bring it down on the head of the Vanquisher without his knowledge but the human quickly pulled a knife from his chest and spun around in a full complete circle ripping into the reptile's neck in a spray of crimson before sheathing his blade in the same pocket.
"We believe the leader of this attack is none other than the Draconian Queen's alpha male. If we take him out, his death will tip the scales in our favour. The Red Claw Clan reported that he wears some of the most powerful armour in their army and has the strength to match it." High General Bismarck said knowing this would not faze the super soldier. "You are authorized to kill him with any amount of force necessary. My flag ship is at your disposal."
A powerful quake shook the Vanquisher who turned around to see his target had taken the fight to him which only served to make the corporal smile under his helmet who wouldn't have to track down the beast personally. The massive green scaled dragon wore elaborate armour plating that the knights wore, the gold and red colors shined in the sun's warm rays as he spread his wings out fully, he roared to induce fear into the heart of his enemy while showing off the expensive metals that went into his thick armour plating.
The massive dragon took several steps towards the human, flames shooting out of his nostrils. The two combatants starred at each other, the slits of Azerigan's green eyes gazed at the pitch black visor of the Vanquisher's helmet.
The corporal's jet pack ignited launching himself at the dragon. Before the powerful beast could muster up any form of defence the human drove his knife into his neck but the metal blade snapped from Azerigan's scales allowing the dragon to backhand the hovering human who was dumbstruck for just that one moment. Azerigan took off from the building his claws taking out a chunk of the man made structure with him knocking the spotter into the city. The Vanquisher circled around the dragon who continued to flap his wings in place while shaking the wreckage from his feet into the streets below. The human quickly waved both his hands over the opposite data pad, his two signature pistols formed in his grip first as a digital outline then as a solid weapon.
"Switch to armour piercing." The corporal ordered to his suit's A.I for the ammunition being downloaded into his weapons from Bismarck's flag ship to be switched from anti-personal to much more powerful rounds to punch through his thick scales.
When the Vanquisher fired both of his hand guns the rounds deflected off the runic barrier that was emitted by the dragon's armour. He fired again and again but the red barrier came into play every time creating a ripple effect when his round failed to hit the beast. Azerigan snatched the human out the sky with his right claw and flared his nostrils at the human to slow cook the warm blood in his power armour. The Vanquisher reached down to his chest area and armed a concussion grenade to separate him from the overgrown lizard's grip. The blue explosion didn't fully separate the two but it was enough for the Vanquisher to slip through and with his jet pack he landed on a building of random choosing that was swarmed with draconian soldiers.
"Anti-personal rounds, full automatic." The Vanquisher ordered.
A mixture of draconian guardsmen and knights charged him with weapons in hand for the honour of severing their kingdom and Queen. His Heads up Display quickly high lighted all the individual lizard warriors who were stationed on the roof top and with guns blazing the Vanquisher sent them all to what ever afterlife they believed in, his endless rounds shredded the aliens into nothing more than strands of flesh and bone. He would have to remember to carve a whole number into his armour to save space.
Azerigan flew past the building the Vanquisher was on, his jaws opened wide to allow a maximum amount of fire to spew from his maw to engulf the structure aflame. Warning signs appeared in the human's heads up display telling him of the dangerous heat levels and the percentage of his suit integrity trickling down.
"Switch to explosive rounds."
Azerigan spun around and watched the building burn in a healthy red fire but he grew angry as the warm blood who murdered so many of his brothers and sisters was still alive and he was going to have the human burn for the lives he just butchered on top of the roof. He filled his mouth with his powerful heat and flew straight towards the human to bathe him in fire who stood on the charred metal ground with his left handgun pointing straight at the oncoming dragon as fire overflowed from his bottom jaw.
The flames still burned with the fury of many suns but the Vanquisher still aimed his one pistol at Azerigan who was moments of burning the corporal alive and turning him into nothing more than a pile of ash. Just as the dragon got ready to set forth his fiery destruction the Vanquisher fired a single round from his pistol, the unstable bullet detonated from the heat as it got near the dragon the explosion did nothing to harm the dragon but the smoke from the detonation blinded his view, his legs hit the base of the roof top sending the large beast spiralling into the next set of buildings in a clumsy crash that fell over on top of him.
The Vanquisher's helmet painted a red laser on top of the wreckage for Bismarck's flag ship to fire its primary rail cannon onto the designated area. "Get clear, corporal soon nothing will be left of that savage beast."
The Vanquisher did what he was told; his jet pack ignited with its four blue thrusts and carried him to a safe distance. In full view he could see the VALOR Carrier class Destroyer flag ship one of the largest military vessels used in the navy descend into the atmosphere in an arc. The front of the flag ship fired its primary rail cannon straight into the designated area, shot after shot the area exploded from the giant magnetized rounds with the dragon's shield flaring and flickering from taking an enormous amount of punishment it had to endure to defend its host. The flag ship fired as many shots as it could before it would be too dangerous from the distance of the ship to the ground.
General Bismarck's flag ship went back up into the atmosphere then up into space where it continued to orbit safely. The smoke settled, nothing moved or peeped in the heavily pounded area until with a powerful roar Azerigan smashed away all the wreckage that kept him pinned down which was weakened by the human's attack. With his wings folded he got on all fours and slowly made his way to the Vanquisher who stood his ground without fear. The corporal waved his left hand over a data pad bracer causing both of his pistols turned into digital outlines and combined together as more secondary attachments began downloading themselves onto the blue print of a weapon. A large rifle formed in his hands and he looked straight into the eyes of the furious dragon and issued anther order to his suit's A.I.
"Divert all auxiliary power to weapon."
He pulled the trigger and his gun fired. The screaming round broke the sound barrier and it Azerigan's runic barrier with such force the shockwave created from the impact send the Vanquisher flying backwards into the building behind him. The dragon's protective barrier became the brightest he it had ever seen in his life, it had became so flared to the point where he couldn't look out of it his shields and what seemed like hours his barrier finally died down leaving him exposed. The human got up with his rifle in both hands and pulled it apart causing the added parts to turn to data and transmit themselves into his suit before touching the ground.
He fired both of his weapons at the dragon who was stunned by the explosion allowing ample time to unload as many explosive shots as he could at the dragon that retreated backwards covering his head with both arms from the constant blasts but his assault was cut short when anther dragon swooped in and grabbed the armoured human in her teeth.
Talsora tightened her maw around the human as she flew across the city, her eyes glaring at the Vanquisher who managed to wrestle his hand free with his pistol still in his grip.
"Switch to Armour Piercing"
After the order was fulfilled he fired a round straight at her forehead the runic barrier did nothing as the close proximity with the weapon. Her scales protected her skull but it shook her enough to open her jaws allowing the human to plummet to the city streets causing a large crater to form when his armour hit pavement. Warning symbols flashed, his armour hull percentage became red as it reached critical levels with his suit whining and beeping to add to the blaring words.
The two dragons regrouped sitting behind the Vanquisher who crawled from the crater weakly. His jet pack was damaged from the impact limiting his invaluable mobility and his armour was on secondary reserves, his weapons he left behind in the crater turned to data to rejoin their user who managed to get up onto his feet.
Talsora muttered in her language that the corporal's suit could not translate and in a matter of moments her consort's wounds began to heal before his eye, her magic undoing all the wounds the Vanquisher had inflicted upon him. Azerigan slowly walked over to the human whose face was still pointed at the ground and with his nail he flipped the warm blood over to see his helmet paint a green laser on his body when he was turned over. The sky began to darken with an ominous red glow. Azerigan looked up at the sky and immediately knew what was going to follow, he pushed his consort of the way as the beam came down upon his back, the beam struggled to bore through his plate armour but in the last few seconds of its duration it managed to go straight through him but did not have the energy to carve him like a Thanksgiving turkey as his armour took the brunt of the force.
His mate immediately rushed to his side and began to tend to his wound; she had one arm across his bloodied underbelly and the other wrapped around his backside. They both looked for the human but he was no where to be found.
"The warm blood must have escaped...." Said Talsora with the words she spoke intertwining with the spell to heal his pain.
"Could that have been one of the chosen of the Seer?" Azerigan asked as he winced in pain.
"I don't know, I just don't know..." she answered